Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 17 competitors, with one qualifying group before the final (12) took place on 31 July 1980. Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 72.00 metres advanced to the final.

Medalists

Gold	Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union
Silver	Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union
Bronze	Jüri Tamm Soviet Union

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	81.66 m	May 24, 1980	Sochi, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	77.52 m	July 28, 1976	Montréal, Canada
Season Best	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	81.66 m	May 24, 1980	Sochi, Soviet Union
Standing records after the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.80 m	July 31, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.80 m	July 31, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Season Best	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.80 m	July 31, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Rank	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	Yury Sedykh (URS)	78.22	—	—	78.22 m	OR
2	Jüri Tamm (URS)	76.24	—	—	76.24 m
3	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	X	75.24	—	75.24 m
4	Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR)	75.04	—	—	75.04 m
5	Roland Steuk (GDR)	X	73.52	—	73.52 m
6	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	71.42	72.46	—	72.46 m
7	Armando Orozco (CUB)	X	X	72.28	72.28 m
8	Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)	68.40	72.20	—	72.20 m
9	Ireneusz Golda (POL)	X	69.98	70.88	70.88 m
10	Juha Tiainen (FIN)	70.64	70.46	70.82	70.82 m
11	Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL)	X	69.24	70.60	70.60 m
12	Jiří Chamrád (TCH)	X	67.44	69.38	69.38 m
13	Peter Farmer (AUS)	68.52	69.16	X	69.16 m
14	Chris Black (GBR)	66.02	66.74	X	66.74 m
15	Paul Dickenson (GBR)	X	64.22	63.90	64.22 m
16	Seán Egan (IRL)	63.34	63.94	X	63.94 m
17	Khaled Murad Ghaloum (KUW)	X	47.40	47.00	47.40 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
01 !	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.80	81.46	79.68	X	80.98	80.70	81.80 m	WR
02 !	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	80.64	X	X	X	X	X	80.64 m
03 !	Jüri Tamm (URS)	77.84	78.96	77.92	77.26	X	76.86	78.96 m
4	Roland Steuk (GDR)	74.34	76.00	75.58	77.26	77.54	X	77.54 m
5	Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR)	73.64	74.60	73.98	X	X	73.40	74.60 m
6	Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL)	70.14	71.34	71.82	71.34	74.04	X	74.04 m
7	Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)	73.60	73.90	73.18	73.30	X	X	73.90 m
8	Ireneusz Golda (POL)	72.38	73.74	X	X	X	X	73.74 m
9	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	69.78	X	71.82	71.96	71.82	71.02	71.96 m

10	Juha Tiainen (FIN)	X	71.38	71.08				71.38 m
11	Armando Orozco (CUB)	X	67.76	68.68				68.68 m
12	Jiří Chamrád (TCH)	68.16	65.94	66.58				68.16 m

References

(English) Official Report
(English) sports-reference
(English) hammerthrow.wz

Hammer throw at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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